Details

Location: 4182-1 Ōkusa, Nakagawa, Kamiina District, Nagano 399-3801, Japan

In operation since: 1907

Representative brand: Imanishiki

 About the brewery

Yonezawa Brewery hails from Nakagawa Village in Nagano, where they have been brewing sake with only locally-sourced rice and water from the Southern Alps of Japan since 1907. The founder, Yasotarou Yonezawa was a sumo wrestler who competed in local sumo tournaments under the name of “Ima-nishiki”. In 2014, Ina Food Industry lent a helping hand to Yonezawa Brewery in order to help maintain the culture of sake brewing amidst the natural scenery of Nakagawa Village.